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High-energy in-fiber pulse amplification for coherent lidar applications (2004)
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Phillipov, V., Codemard, C., Jeong, C., Alegria, C., Sahu, J., Nilsson, J., & Pearson, G. (2004). High-energy in-fiber pulse amplification for coherent lidar applications. Optics Letters, 29(22), 2590-2592. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.29.002590

An Er:Yb codoped fiber amplifier chain for the generation of pulses for coherent lidar applications at a wavelength near 1.5 micron is reported. The final 1.8-m-long power amplification stage had a 50 micron core diameter and yielded a 23-dB energy g... Read More about High-energy in-fiber pulse amplification for coherent lidar applications.

Climatic variations and solute concentration and flux in meltwaters draining from an alpine glacier. (2004)
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Collins, D., Harrison, J., & Kitcher, J. (2004). Climatic variations and solute concentration and flux in meltwaters draining from an alpine glacier. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus, 2(2), 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1020158726125

Measurements of electrical conductivity and discharge of meltwaters in the Gornera, which drains from the 83%glacierised basin containing Gornergletscher, Pennine Alps, Switzerland, were undertaken between May and September in both 1979 and 1998. Dis... Read More about Climatic variations and solute concentration and flux in meltwaters draining from an alpine glacier..

Interpretive approaches and the study of Italian politics (2004)
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Newell, J. (2004). Interpretive approaches and the study of Italian politics. Modern Italy, 9(2), 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1080/1353294042000304983

This article asks why, despite their doubtful utility, the categories used in accounts of contemporary Italian politics are almost universally negative in character. It is suggested that at least part of the explanation has to do with the ontological... Read More about Interpretive approaches and the study of Italian politics.

Stormwater quality associated with a full silt trap discharging into an urban watercourse (2004)
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Scholz, M., & Zettel, S. (2004). Stormwater quality associated with a full silt trap discharging into an urban watercourse. Water and Environment Journal, 18(4), 226-229. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2004.tb00538.x

The aim of this project was to assess the influence of a full silt trap on the quality of stormwater which was discharged into an urban watercourse. The average SS concentrations of the outflow were 2.0 and 34.1 mg/l during dry-weather and wet-weathe... Read More about Stormwater quality associated with a full silt trap discharging into an urban watercourse.

Excavating the iconic: The rediscovery of the Fairbottom Bobs Colliery pumping engine (2004)
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Nevell, M., Roberts, J., & Champness, B. (2004). Excavating the iconic: The rediscovery of the Fairbottom Bobs Colliery pumping engine. Industrial Archaeology Review, XXVI(2), 83-93

Steam engines were one of the first machine-types to attract the attention of antiquarians and later Industrial Archaeologists. From the first Newcomen engine in 1712 to the 20th-century steam turbine, these objects still exert a fascination for arc... Read More about Excavating the iconic: The rediscovery of the Fairbottom Bobs Colliery pumping engine.

Research into the second language acquisition of French: Achievements and challenges (2004)
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Towell, R. (2004). Research into the second language acquisition of French: Achievements and challenges. Journal of French Language Studies, 14(3), 357-375. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095926950400184X

This final article re-examines the approaches outlined in the other articles in this Special Issue in order to evaluate the contribution which each one has brought to the study of the second language acquisition of French. The final section identifie... Read More about Research into the second language acquisition of French: Achievements and challenges.

Was there a 'Boney' Fuller after the Second World War? Major-General J.F.C.Fuller as military theorist and commentator, 1945-1966 (2004)
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Searle, D. (2004). Was there a 'Boney' Fuller after the Second World War? Major-General J.F.C.Fuller as military theorist and commentator, 1945-1966. War in History, 11(3), 327-357. https://doi.org/10.1191/0968344504wh303oa

The historiography to date on Major-General J.F.C. Fuller has created the impression that his career as a military theorist gradually petered out in the latter half of the 1930s, and that after the Second World War the former enfant terrible devoted... Read More about Was there a 'Boney' Fuller after the Second World War? Major-General J.F.C.Fuller as military theorist and commentator, 1945-1966.

An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory' (2004)
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Fletcher, G. (2004). An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory'

This paper discusses the presentation of fame that can be identified through popular search terms. These terms reveal how the rapidly shifting interest in individual identities of ‘fame’ are cast against a continuous sequence of expected and unexpect... Read More about An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory'.

Investigating safe egg use in the catering industry: a pilot study to estimate the nature and extent of adherence to government guidance (2004)
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Taylor, E. (2004). Investigating safe egg use in the catering industry: a pilot study to estimate the nature and extent of adherence to government guidance. British Food Journal, 106(10/11), 808-818. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070700410561405

Despite a 1993 ACMSF Report on Salmonella in Eggs, which offered specific guidance for caterers, outbreaks of Salmonellosis still occur, are frequently associated with the catering industry, and in many cases eggs have been implicated as the source o... Read More about Investigating safe egg use in the catering industry: a pilot study to estimate the nature and extent of adherence to government guidance.

A Fuzzy Based Multi-objective Path Planning of Construction. (2004)
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Soltani, A., & Fernando, T. (2004). A Fuzzy Based Multi-objective Path Planning of Construction. Automation in Construction, 13(6), 717-734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2004.04.012

Movement of materials, plant and site operative from one place to another on construction sites and construction workplaces are of paramount importance to site planners as savings in travel distance can reduce cost and increase productivity. In addit... Read More about A Fuzzy Based Multi-objective Path Planning of Construction..

Impacts of Privatising Britain’s Rail Passenger Services - Franchising, Refranchising and Ten Year Transport Plan Targets (2004)
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Knowles, R. (2004). Impacts of Privatising Britain’s Rail Passenger Services - Franchising, Refranchising and Ten Year Transport Plan Targets. Environment and Planning A, 36(11), 2065-2087. https://doi.org/10.1068/a36300

Britain's passenger rail services were privatised in 1996/97 to reduce public subsidies and produce customer benefits through the private sector competing for medium or long-term franchises. Private sector franchisees were committed to investment in... Read More about Impacts of Privatising Britain’s Rail Passenger Services - Franchising, Refranchising and Ten Year Transport Plan Targets.

Quantification of disease activity in patients undergoing leucocyte scintigraphy for suspected inflammatory bowel disease (2004)
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Cheow, H., Voutnis, D., Evans, J., Szczepura, K., Swift, E., Bird, N., …Peters, A. (2005). Quantification of disease activity in patients undergoing leucocyte scintigraphy for suspected inflammatory bowel disease. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 32(3), 329-337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-004-1617-7

Purpose Whole-body gamma camera counting is an alternative to faecal 111In collection for quantifying disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) but requires administration of imaging activities of 111In. The aim of this study was to explo... Read More about Quantification of disease activity in patients undergoing leucocyte scintigraphy for suspected inflammatory bowel disease.

Channel hydraulics and geomorphic effects of an extreme flood event on the Sabie River, South Africa. (2004)
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Heritage, G., Large, A., Moon, B., & Jewitt, G. (2004). Channel hydraulics and geomorphic effects of an extreme flood event on the Sabie River, South Africa. CATENA, 58(2), 151-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2004.03.004

The effects of the February 2000 extreme flood (6000–7000 m3 s−1, 200 year return period flow) on channel morphology are examined over 108 km of the semiarid bedrock-influenced Sabie River, South Africa. The river is incised into bedrock forming a ma... Read More about Channel hydraulics and geomorphic effects of an extreme flood event on the Sabie River, South Africa..

Dietary pattern of self-care among Asian and Caucasian diabetic patients (2004)
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Meetoo, D. (2004). Dietary pattern of self-care among Asian and Caucasian diabetic patients. British Journal of Nursing, 13(18), 1074-1078

Diabetes mellitus is a growing pandemic and its self-care management rests primarily with the individual. This qualitative case study investigated the self-care dietary pattern among a group of 25 Asians and 24 Caucasians diagnosed with type 1 or typ... Read More about Dietary pattern of self-care among Asian and Caucasian diabetic patients.

Damage profiles of ultrashallow B implants in Si and the Kinchin-Pease relationship (2004)
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van den Berg, J., Carter, G., Armour, D., Werner, M., Goldberg, R., Collart, E., …Noakes, T. (2004). Damage profiles of ultrashallow B implants in Si and the Kinchin-Pease relationship. Applied Physics Letters, 85(15), 3074-3076. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1801671

Damage distributions resulting from 0.1-2 keV B+ implantation at room temperature into Si(100) to doses ranging from 1×1014 to 2×1016 cm-2 have been determined using high-depth-resolution medium-energy-ion scattering in the double alignment mode. For... Read More about Damage profiles of ultrashallow B implants in Si and the Kinchin-Pease relationship.

On reliability criteria and the implied cost of failure for a maintained component (2004)
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Scarf, P., Dwight, R., & Al-Musrati, A. (2004). On reliability criteria and the implied cost of failure for a maintained component. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 89(2), 199-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2004.08.019

This paper considers age-based replacement and block replacement when reliability is also a decision criterion. We describe how specification of the operational reliability of component function determines the replacement policy, and that setting a... Read More about On reliability criteria and the implied cost of failure for a maintained component.

Water quality characteristics of vegetated groundwater-fed ditches in a riparian peatland (2004)
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Scholz, M., & Trepel, M. (2004). Water quality characteristics of vegetated groundwater-fed ditches in a riparian peatland. Science of the Total Environment, 332(1-3), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.02.001

The Environmental Ministry of Schleswig–Holstein (Northern Germany) has implemented a novel peatland rehabilitation programme to utilise the high denitrification potential of degenerated, minerotrophic peatlands for the reduction of nitrate input int... Read More about Water quality characteristics of vegetated groundwater-fed ditches in a riparian peatland.

Love, honour, and duty in James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745) (2004)
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Jung, S. (2004). Love, honour, and duty in James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745). https://doi.org/10.2307/3738502

James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda juxtaposes notions of heroic drama with the mid-eighteenth-century sentimentalism of individuality and self-determination. The tragedy centres on the conflict between Siffredi, the late King's adviser, and Tancr... Read More about Love, honour, and duty in James Thomson's Tancred and Sigismunda (1745).